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croft definition

croft (krôft)

noun

  1. a small, enclosed field
  2. a small farm, esp. one worked by a renter

Etymology: ME < OE, akin to MDu krocht, hill, field among dunes < Gmc *krufta, lit., that which bends < IE base *ger-: see cradle

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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